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This book gives a fascinating picture of the state of the art in silicon photonics and a perspective on what can be expected in the near future. It is composed of a selected number of reviews authored by world leaders in the field and is written from both academic and industrial viewpoints. An in-depth discussion of the route towards fully integrated silicon photonics is presented. This book will be useful not only to physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and engineers but also to graduate students who are interested in the fields of microphotonics and optoelectronics.
List of contents
Silicon Fundamentals for Photonics Applications.- Integrated Photonics.- Monolithic Silicon Microphotonics.- Optical Interconnect.- Monolithic Silicon Light Sources.- Light Generation, Amplification, and Wavelength Conversion via Stimulated Raman Scattering in Silicon Microstructures.- Silicon Photoreceivers.- Silicon-based Waveguides.- Silicon-based Photonic Crystals.- Silicon-based Waveguide Technology for Wavelength Division Multiplexing.- Light Modulation with Silicon Devices.- Subject Index.
About the author
Lorenzo Pavesi is Professor of experimental physics at the university of Trento (Italy). Born the 21st of november 1961, he received his master degree in physics in 1985 at the university of trento and the phd in physics in 1990 at the ecole polytechnique federale of lausanne (switzerland). in 1990 he became assistant professor, an associate professor in 1999 and full professor in 2002 at the university of trento. He organized several international conferences, workshops and schools and is a frequent invited speaker. He manages several research projects, both national and european.
Summary
This book gives a fascinating picture of the state of the art in silicon photonics and a perspective on what can be expected in the near future. It is composed of a selected number of reviews authored by world leaders in the field and is written from both academic and industrial viewpoints. An in-depth discussion of the route towards fully integrated silicon photonics is presented. This book will be useful not only to physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and engineers but also to graduate students who are interested in the fields of microphotonics and optoelectronics.
